Pastoral little master

Chapter 146 Who Is the Mastermind?
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Shiro's words were like pouring cold water into a hot oil pan, frying the pan.

The villagers in the courtyard widened their eyes in astonishment and stared at each other in disbelief. Is this true?

Even Qiduo and Xu, who don't like Mrs. Zhao very much, look at Shiro with disbelief.

How can this be?

No matter how annoying and shameless Mrs. Zhao is, she wouldn't do such nasty things, would she?
This kind of behavior is really beyond what humans can do!

Before Patriarch Tan questioned him, Mr. Tan became angry first. His face, which was originally blood red, now turned purple under the anger.

Seeing Shiro stealing things, he was already so angry that he wanted to strangle Shiro to death.Unexpectedly, Shiro didn't repent well, and instead led the matter to Zhao.

This made him so angry that he was about to vomit blood.

You can eat indiscriminately, but you can't talk indiscriminately. If you don't make this matter clear today, there will be no way for Tanjiazhuang to stay in the future.

Grandma asked her grandson to steal from another son's house. If word got out, wouldn't the eight generations of the Tan family be scolded?

Mr. Tan pointed at Shiro with trembling fingers, and scolded, "Silang, what are you talking nonsense over there? Why did your grandma ask you to come here? How could your grandma let you come here in the middle of the night, you beast, the family is unfortunate !"

Because he was too angry, Mr. Tan cursed incomprehensibly, got up and kicked Shiro again.

Shiro was kicked and screamed, "Grandpa, don't hit me, it's really grandma who asked me to steal the lotus root."

"You still dare to talk nonsense, let's see if I don't beat you to death." Mr. Tan was about to kick again, but Patriarch Tan stepped forward to stop him.

"Second brother, don't get excited, I will definitely investigate this matter." Patriarch Tan said seriously.

At this moment, Wu Shi and Tan Decai broke away from the crowd and rushed over.

Seeing Shiro lying curled up on the ground, Mrs. Wu was very pitiful, rushed over, and shouted with red eyes, "Siro, Shiro, what's wrong with you?"

Tan Decai was a little dazed, and still didn't know what happened.

They were also awakened by the movement of Qiduo's house, but instead of rushing over to help immediately, they stood at the Moon Gate and listened to the movement.

But because of the wall, I couldn't see or hear clearly, so I didn't know the specific situation.

Instigated by curiosity, Tan Decai and his wife, Erlang, Yang Shi also brought Saburo, and they all came over to have a look.

Unexpectedly, as soon as they arrived at the gate of the courtyard, before they could figure out what was going on, they heard Shiro's screams and voices, and they rushed over without even thinking about it.

"Father, what's going on?" Tan Decai asked Mr. Tan with wide eyes.

"What's the matter? You still have the nerve to ask me, you don't know about the beasts you raise yourself." Mr. Tan spitting fire from his eyes, pointing Tan Decai's nose and cursing.

Tan Decai still had a blank expression.

Qiduo took two steps closer, and said coldly to Tan Decai, "The fourth brother led a group of people to my house to steal lotus root, doesn't the third uncle know?"

"Ah, stealing lotus root? How is it possible, Shiro is not that kind of person." Tan Decai immediately denied it.

In the evening, Shiro said that he was going to sleep at Wang Xiaodao's house, but he didn't expect such a big disaster to happen.

If I knew this, I shouldn't have allowed him to go out.

"Third Uncle, everyone has seen this incident." Qi Duo reminded coldly.

Patriarch Tan saw that this matter had evolved from simple theft to housework. In order to take Zhao's face into consideration, he made a decision.

The other three were escorted to wait in the yard, while he, Mr. Tan, Qiduo, Mrs. Xu, Tan Decai and his wife went to Tan Debao's house to interrogate Shiro.

But Mr. Tan rejected Patriarch Tan's decision, "No, patriarch, let's talk about this matter in front of the big guys. Anyway, this unvirtuous and unfilial ghost has already made a fool of himself, and I won't cover it up any more. .”

He was thinking that if Shiro was interrogated in private, even if Shiro admitted that the matter had nothing to do with the Zhao family, the villagers might not believe it all, thinking that it might be the patriarch and him who forced Shiro to change his words in private.

Only in front of the trial, can the villagers be convinced and know what is going on.

He already had a shameful grandson, but he couldn't add another unvirtuous and vicious wife.

Patriarch Tan originally wanted to cover up Mr. Tan's embarrassment, but seeing that he insisted on doing so, he nodded in agreement.

But in order to make what Shiro and Wang Xiaodao said more credible, under Qiduo's whispered suggestion, Patriarch Tan still decided to interrogate the four people separately.

Take Shiro, Tan Sen, and Miansheng down first, and come to interrogate Wang Xiaodao first.

Wang Xiaodao is the youngest and should be the easiest to tell the truth.

"Wang Xiaodao, what happened today?" Patriarch Tan asked. .

"It was Shiro who came to see us after dinner and said that his uncle's family had dug two thousand catties of lotus root today, and it happened that his uncle and fourth uncle were not at home at night, so he could steal the lotus root and sell it for a lot of money. "Wang Xiaodao replied.

"Then, how many of you will agree?" Patriarch Tan continued to ask with a dark face.

"Well, we were afraid of his fourth uncle. When we heard that his fourth uncle was at home, we became more courageous. We climbed over the wall and came in. After picking the lock of the room where the lotus root was placed, Shiro walked in first. Who would have thought that he would be pinched by a trap, if he hadn't screamed at that time, we wouldn't have made any noise, we..." Wang Xiaodao told the story in detail.

The tone was a little unwilling, thinking that if Shiro hadn't been too bad, he would have succeeded now.

At the same time, he couldn't figure out why there were animal traps in the upside-down house. Could it be that there were wild animals in that house?
Luckily, Qiduo had a better mind tonight, otherwise these people's tricks would have really succeeded.

"Wang Xiaodao, what nonsense are you talking about there? Our Shiro is not that kind of person. Don't pour dirty water on him." Tan Decai and Wu scolded Wang Xiaodao at the same time.

Wu Shi rushed over and scratched Wang Xiaodao's face a few times.

"I'm telling the truth. If Shiro hadn't come to call us, we wouldn't be in bad luck tonight, really." Wang Xiaodao covered his face and said bitterly.

"Daughter-in-law of Decai, that's enough, you stay here." Patriarch Tan shouted in a deep voice.

Wu and Tan Decai had no choice but to stand aside.

"Wang Xiaodao, when Silang went to find you, did he say that he was ordered to come to Qiduo's house to steal things?" Patriarch Tan asked again.

Wang Xiaodao hesitated for a while, not knowing how to answer this question.

"Say it quickly," Patriarch Tan urged sharply.

"Si Lang said that Second Grandma Tan asked him to do this. We still didn't believe it at the time. Shi Lang said that Second Grandma Tan and Uncle Tan had a quarrel." Wang Xiaodao said with certainty.

Patriarch Tan's eyes tightened, and he asked again, "Then how do you guys plan to divide the spoils?"

"After selling the silver, we share it together." Wang Xiaodao replied.

Patriarch Tan asked the other two, which was similar to what Wang Xiaodao said.

They all said that Shiro came to Qiduo's house to steal things under Zhao's instigation.

In the end, Shiro was brought up, and the facts were almost clear, he was the mastermind.

Patriarch Tan pointed at Shiro and scolded, "Silang, you obviously started this matter, you made a mistake, you don't want to repent, and you go to frame your grandma, it's really hateful.

Tomorrow morning, I will send you to the yamen, and ask the magistrate to imprison you for a period of time, to see if you still dare to go on like this. "
Shiro didn't want to deny that he took the initiative to summon Wang Xiaodao and others to steal. Anyway, he knew that this was a fire that could not be covered by paper, and other people would tell it sooner or later.

But for the mastermind, he still insisted on the previous statement.

"Grandpa patriarch, it was my grandma who asked me to do this. Grandma wanted my uncle to share some lotus root with us, but my uncle refused. After dinner, my grandma asked my uncle again and asked my sister-in-law to go to Luhuapo tomorrow to help For work, regardless of whether I do it or not, my sister-in-law was paid fifty cents a day, but my uncle refused again.

My grandma was very angry, saying that my uncle was ignorant of good and evil, and was not filial, so she had to teach him a lesson.

So, my grandma came to me, knowing that I was popular, and asked me to find a few people, and when my uncle and fourth uncle were not at home, they came in over the wall and stole the lotus root and sold it. "Shirou explained.

"You...you bastard, how could you slander your grandma like this..." Seeing Shiro speak vividly, old man Tan felt his face swell with blood.

Yang, who had been watching the excitement, had a cold smile on his lips.

Hmph, old lady, today your good grandson made you famous!

Mrs. Zhao, who was still sleeping on the bed, didn't know that she was shot while lying down this time.

Qiduo's family watched coldly, waiting for the truth to come out.

Wu's eyes rolled, and she immediately chimed in, "Patriarch, Shiro, you grew up watching him, you should know what kind of person he is, how can he do such sneaky things when he is so honest.

My grandma is dissatisfied with my uncle. This is a well-known thing. Grandma wanted to punish my uncle, so she asked Shiro to do it. Shiro did it because of his filial piety. "

"Nonsense, those people in the family, why did your grandma only look for you Shiro, and you have those brothers in your family, why do you want to call outsiders? It's just nonsense." Patriarch Tan did not believe that Zhao would do such a foolish thing.

"Patriarch, it's true. Grandma told me that uncle and fourth uncle were not at home at night and went to Luhuapo to guard the pond. Otherwise, how would I know they were not at home." Shiro said hurriedly.

Shiro's performance tonight surprised Qiduo. If I remember correctly, he is a very quiet person.

When he went back to sell snails in Yutan Town last morning, the total number of words he said did not exceed ten words.

But tonight, he was quick-spoken and eloquent, and he was a completely different person from usual.

It's been a long time to see people's hearts, these words are really true, under the kind and honest skin, there is such an ugly heart hidden.

"Shiro, I also saw that you were distracted. I always thought you were an honest and honest man. You turned out to be a wicked white-eyed wolf. After your grandma finished talking with your uncle, your grandma went back to sleep. When will you call me?" Excuse me.

Just because I know your grandma is innocent, I insisted on interrogating you bastards in front of everyone and returning your grandma's innocence.If you continue to be obsessed, Shiro, then I will have to hand you over to the yamen. Our Tan family does not have such a rebellious descendant like you. "Grandpa Tan said with a choked voice.

Qiduo nodded, just now when Old Master Tan refused Patriarch Tan's suggestion to interrogate Shiro privately, she guessed that this matter might really have nothing to do with the Zhao family.

Patriarch Tan was right. If the Zhao family really wanted to use such dirty methods against their own family, they would definitely let Erlang and Saburo do it, and it was impossible to let Shilang go to outsiders.

Although Mrs. Zhao is shameless, it is impossible for Shiro to tell outsiders that she is plotting against her son. She still needs some face in front of outsiders.

And even if the stealing is successful, after selling the lotus root, she still has to distribute the money to outsiders. With Zhao's temperament that regards money as life, how can she be willing to do so.

Shiro blamed the matter on Mrs. Zhao, just because he knew Mrs. Zhao disliked his family very much, and there was a conflict yesterday, so it would be easier to be convincing when he said it.

If Mrs. Zhao was the mastermind, then his responsibility would be lightened, and he would be able to get away with it.

Well, you Tan Silang, you think so carefully, I really underestimate you.

Qiduo thought this in her heart, but the testimony of several other people was not good for Mrs. Zhao.

Patriarch Tan asked Silang again if this matter had anything to do with the Zhao family, and said that if Silang did not tell the truth, he would be sent to the Yamen.

Ke Shiro insisted that it was Zhao's instigation.

Grandpa Tan was so angry that his hair stood on end, but he couldn't change Shiro's words.

Patriarch Tan also felt embarrassed, so he had to ask someone to call Mrs. Zhao over.

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